She, Zhao Lingyuan, is a blood-soaked, ruthless fighter who clawed her way back from hell. A modern special-operations commander whose soul transmigrated into the body of the eldest princess of the Great Jing Dynasty, she opened her eyes to find her young brother trapped in a deathmatch, powerful ministers surrounding them, feudal lords watching hungrily, and the Northern Di knocking at the border.
“Want to touch my brother? You’ll have to step over my dead body first.”
With sword in hand, she stood atop the palace walls, her eyes filled with the merciless fury forged in a mountain of corpses. She slaughtered those who dared provoke her at the palace gates and ruled with an iron fist. As a woman, she threw the court into turmoil, her reputation as a madwoman striking fear throughout the realm.
He, Xiao Jingyuan, was the Great Jing Dynasty’s only iron-blooded God of War. A veteran of countless battles since boyhood, he commanded an army of two hundred thousand. Cold and taciturn, he kept his distance from women, yet the moment he saw her, a decade of buried longing surged in his eyes.
“Your Highness may command my troops as you please.” He knelt on one knee, his dark eyes blazing. “I only ask that you trust me once. I’ll protect you and your brother, guard this realm, and guard you for the rest of my life.”
At first, she saw him as a weapon to protect her brother, treating him with cold hostility and rejecting love lest it become a weakness.
Until, in court, he pointed his sword at the powerful minister who had insulted her. “Anyone who insults her dies.”
Until, during the fall of the city, he held her, gravely wounded, in his arms and roared with bloodshot eyes, “If you die, I’ll slaughter the whole city and have them buried with you.”
Until, on countless late nights, he gently patted her back, soothing the fury stirred by her nightmares. “With me, you don’t have to be the God of War. Just be my Lingyuan.”
Only then did she realize that this iron-blooded God of War had long since taken off his armor for her, becoming her devoted puppy and hers alone.
